# Accident 19960727022669A: Amtr HATZVAN, Pipe Creek, TX, July 27, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1996, 12:15 local time
- Place: Pipe Creek, TX
- Airport: Freedom Springs Ranch Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7095° N, 98.9300° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7095&lon=-98.9300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N485D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N485D-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Oualline Jack E HATZ CB1 (registry code 05603E2, https://openairdocs.org/model/oualline-jack-e-hatz-cb1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HATZVAN
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960727022669A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OBSERVED ERRATIC LOW LEVEL BUZZING. HIT TREES. PILOT REPORTED LOST ELEVATOR. EMPANNAGE HAD BOGUS PARTS NOT SPECS. (-23) HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, AN AMATEUR BUILT HATZ BIPLANE, MODEL NUMBER CB-1, N485D, IMPACTED ONTO STATE ROUTE 46, SEVEN MILES WEST OF BOERNE TEXAS, WHILE PERFORMING A HOMEBUILT FAMILIARITY LOCAL FLIGHT. AN OCCUPANT SITTING IN THE FORWARD SEAT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES WHILE THE AIRCRAFT OWNER/PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS BURN INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY DAMAGE AND FIRE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THIS PERSONAL FLIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW96LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA320), Jul 27, 1996: Qualline Hatz CB-1 (N485D), Pipe Creek, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: loss of aircraft control in flight for undetermined reason(s).

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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